THE family-run Riverside Caravan Park in High Bentham has been given a top national award by the tourist board which recognises its “outstanding standards of excellence.”

Following an annual inspection, Visit England has given the site its ‘Gold Standard Award,’ achieved by fewer than 50 of England’s 3,000-plus holiday parks.

Owned by the Marshall family for almost 50 years, the Riverside park is currently putting the finishing touches to a new development of luxury holiday lodges and ‘glamping’ accommodation.

Thomas Marshall said that the honour was very much the result of a team effort: “The award is especially important to us because it recognises not just the quality of the park’s facilities and surroundings, but also the levels of hospitality and service provided to guests.”